Role
German: Rolle
Common meaning:
A function, part, or character in a social or dramatic context
Clear meaning:
The structure through which the self appears—not identity, but the costume worn to make experience possible.
Role comes from Latin rotula—“little wheel,” later referring to scrolls describing a part.
Structurally, a role is not essence,
but the form through which the field expresses itself.
A role is useful
as long as it is not mistaken for the self.
It is not a lie—
but it is not the truth.
A role is not who you are—
it is the space
in which experience may be played.
